Story: Wayland

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Title: Wayland 
Rating: General (possibly a chill factor)
Notes: Not entirely canonical (and a bit of an experiment in style), this is speculation linking elves, barrow-wights and an Old English legend.   

Wayland's Smithy is a prehistoric long-barrow in the south of England, where a supernatural smith (once a Anglo-Saxon god) used to be said to shoe horses.  Nearby is the White Horse of Uffington, a chalk-cut hillside figure,also prehistoric.  I visited them both this summer, and the smithy is an atmospheric place.

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The Dark of Night chapter (6/8)

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Title: The Dark of Night (6/8)
Author: Ellie
Betas: Chrissie, Nerdanel Istarnie
Setting: Third Age, Middle-earth
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Glorfindel, Erestor, Elrond, Celebrian, Elladan, Elrohir,
Haldir, Rumil, Orophin, Celeborn, Galadriel, Amroth, OCs

Summary: An ancient menace stalks the elves of Middle-earth, but what
if anything can be done to defeat it?

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The Dark of Night chapter (7/8)

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Title: The Dark of Night
Author: Ellie
Betas: Chrissie, Malinorne, Elda
Setting: Third Age, Middle-earth
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Glorfindel, Erestor, Elrond, Celebrian, Elladan, Elrohir,
Haldir, Rumil, Orophin, Celeborn, Galadriel, Amroth, OCs

Summary: An unknown menace stalks the elves of Middle-earth, but what
if anything can be done to defeat it?

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The Dark of Night chapter (8/8)

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Title: The Dark of Night, Chapter (8/8)
Author: Ellie
Special thanks to my betas: Chrissie, Nerdanel Istarnie, Malinorne, Elda, and to Weird Alfie who gave me feedback on all of the iterations of the ending until I got it just right.
Setting: Third Age, Middle-earth
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Glorfindel, Erestor, Elrond, Celebrian, Elladan, Elrohir,
Haldir, Rumil, Orophin, Celeborn, Galadriel, Amroth, OCs

Summary: An unknown menace stalks the elves of Middle-earth, but what
if anything can be done to defeat it?

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